I have just received a report consistent with yesterday's Atlas 2AS launch, from an observer who prefers not to be identified. The following rough elset is for the Centaur: USA 160 r 10.1 3.0 0.0 3.0 v 1 75025U 01252.43125000 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 07 2 75025 63.4300 296.3000 0000001 180.0000 180.0000 13.42000000 06 Prediction times should be accurate to within several minutes, but it never hurts to allow a larger margin. The payload was trailing behind by a short distance. I am using a search catalogue number, until a more accurate orbit has been derived. Already this launch differs from the 2nd generation NOSS, which lingered in a 270 x 670 km parking orbit for about 6 days, before manoeuvring to the NOSS altitude. Assuming that there are to be three NOSS sats, it will be interesting to see how long their deployment will take. Ted Molczan ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/sat/seesat/seesatindex.html
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